1961 - 1965

“The Trial Scene of Webster’s The White Devil Examined in Terms of Renaissance Rhetoric,” Studies in English Literature, 1 (Spring 1961), 35-51.

“`Apparent Symbol of Despotic Command’: Melville’s Benito Cereno,” New England Quarterly, 34 (December 1961), 462-477.

“Bili-Budd,” Mythology and Literature Section, Philological Association of the Pacific Coast, November 23, 1962.

1962-1964: Scientific Writing Consultant, Stanford Research Institute

“Bili-Budd,” Mythology and Literature Section, Philological Association of the Pacific Coast, November 23, 1962.

1963: National Chairman, Conference of the Advanced Placement Program in English (College Entrance Examination Board).

THE WAKE OF THE GODS: MELVILLE’S MYTHOLOGY. Stanford University Press, 1963. xii+240 pages. Second (revised) edition and paperback edition, 1966. Third (revised) edition, 1983.

HERMAN MELVILLE’S MARDI: AND A VOYAGE THITHER (edition). New York: G. P. Putnam’s, Capricorn Books, 1964. xv+581 pages.

“Science Fiction as an Index to Popular Attitudes toward Science,” Modern Language Association Convention, December, 1964.

“Redburn’s Wicked End,” Nineteenth-Century Fiction, 20 (September 1965), 190-194.

“Science Fiction as an Index to Popular Attitudes toward Science,” Extrapolation, 6 (May 1965), 23-31.

“Science Fiction as an Index to Popular Attitudes toward Science,” Extrapolation, 6 (May 1965), 23-31.

(Benito Cereno chapter of The Wake of the Gods reprinted with revisions in Melville’s Benito Cereno: A Text for Guided Research, edited by John P. Runden, New York: D.C. Heath, 1965, pp. 105-117.)

“Time Travel,” Modern Language Association Convention, December, 1965.

Chairperson, Science Fiction Conference, Modern Language Association Convention, December, 1965.